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| Skype | 3.6% |
| AIM | 8.3% |
| Trillian | 11.6% |
| YIM | 7.6% |
| MSN Messenger | 52.7% |
| Miranda | 2.9% |
| Gaim | 5.4% |
| Windows Messenger | 7.9% |
| Total votes: 277 |
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Missing option:
Kopote -- Standard IM program w/ KDE, use it on my Kubuntu box.
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You should always put an "other" option on a poll like this.
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W3bbo
Long Haired Freaky Person
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Does "MSN Messenger" include "MSN Web Messenger"?
Anyway, I voted Windows Messenger, it's sheer simplicity is all I need in an IM client.
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 | Oberon wrote:
You should always put an "other" option on a poll like this.
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Good idea. I'll remember that for next time.
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You forgot Odigo !!!
http://www.odigo.org/
Had some great fun with that, and what's more, I met a fantastic girl on Odigo and we got together and had a relation for like 1,5 year 
She's still one of my best friends now, all thanks to Odigo
But times have changed now, and in the country where I live, MSN/Windows Messenger has acquired the complete, 100% market share (excluding geeks testing out other software of course).
AIM never existed here, that's a US thing only, right?
ICQ was popular once (in a distant past), but same story: got wiped out completely by the MS messengers
And with teenagers it's even more amazing: they are ALL on MSN, they don't even ask anymore "Do you have MSN?", it's just: "What's your MSN address?".
Just like a phone or gsm number, every teen has an MSN Messenger address nowadays.
It may sound unbelievable, but this is not exaggerated, it's really near 100% with youngsters: even in the rare case that a student would not have access to a computer at home, friends, family, ... they still have an MSN address at school, because as part of secondary education every pupil creates an address at school (it's one of the first lessons IT - creating a .NET passport and using hotmail/msn...)
Interesting to know what the situation in other countries / parts of the world is...
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Work: Skype, mandated by the company.
Personal: Windows Messenger. No way I'm 'upgrading' to the advert-infested MSN Messenger.
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You forgot "none of the above" as an option.
I don't use IM.
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Cairo
I want my waffle sundae, give me my carbs!
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You need to add Google
+1 as a user
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I voted for Trillian as it integrates my accounts (MSN, ICQ, Jabber and Yahoo) except Skype and Google Talk
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Trillian + IMeverywhere ==
IMeverywhere is a trillian plugin where I can just connect to my home
pc to access my trillian account via browser. Kinda like VNC, 'cept
it's nicer
But I do use MSN Messenger though... Trillian can't match it (yet).
First post!
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Maurits
Hold ∞ in the palm of your hand [B̲̅l̲̅a̲̅k̲̅e̲̅]
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 | priapo wrote:
I voted for Trillian as it integrates my accounts (MSN, ICQ, Jabber and Yahoo) except Skype and Google Talk
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Um, Google Talk is Jabber.
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Msn Messenger all the way for me!
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| Maurits wrote:
Um, Google Talk is Jabber.
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Yeah but Trillian's Jabber doesn't support Google Talk (yet), as well
as other Jabber clients (sans two clients AFAIK). Forgot the reason thou
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Maurits
Hold ∞ in the palm of your hand [B̲̅l̲̅a̲̅k̲̅e̲̅]
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| C-Fu wrote:
| Maurits wrote:
Um, Google Talk is Jabber.
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Yeah but Trillian's Jabber doesn't support Google Talk (yet), as well
as other Jabber clients (sans two clients AFAIK). Forgot the reason thou
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Trillian Pro's Jabber works.
Trillian doesn't come with Jabber.
I've successfully connected to Google Talk with GAIM and Psi, to name two...
I'm too cheap to pay for Trillian Pro, but I've talked to someone on Google Talk who was connected with Trillian Pro.
If a Jabber client doesn't work with Google Talk, it's either broken or it doesn't support an XMPP feature that Google Talk requires.
EDIT: or did you mean the "Talk" part of Google Talk? I could well believe that most Jabber clients wouldn't support the VOIP bit.
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I use Google Talk. To save myself from involvement in arguments  I won't vote on WHAT it is.
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| dotnetjunkie wrote:
It may sound unbelievable, but this is not
exaggerated, it's really near 100% with youngsters: even in the rare
case that a student would not have access to a computer at home,
friends, family, ... they still have an MSN address at school, because
as part of secondary education every pupil creates an address at school
(it's one of the first lessons IT - creating a .NET passport and using
hotmail/msn...)
Interesting to know what the situation in other countries / parts of the world is...
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Well, in Australia, most of us (teenagers) have Messenger Addresses,
but because nearly every school in the country runs using SINA web
software, which as a rule blocks the MSN top level domain (also
rendering mostly the redirect links on the Microsoft Homepage useless,
by the way) I can't say much for creating an email address with .NET
passport.
Our email addresses all end up like this:
(lastname)(firstinitial)@(school).(extra information, such as diocese in the case of Catholic schools).edu.au
EDIT: Sorry about the double post.
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MSN
MESSENGER OF COURSE!!!
BTW. What’s the difference between the Windows Messenger and MSN Messenger??>>
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bonk
Ich bin der Wurstfachverkäuferin !
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What really bugs me about Windows/MSN Messenger is that you can't leave
a message if the user is offline. This is the major disadvantage over
other IM protocols.
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| bonk wrote:
What really bugs me about Windows/MSN Messenger is that you can't leave
a message if the user is offline. This is the major disadvantage over
other IM protocols.
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I use hotmail if I want to leave a message..
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I agree with you.
Anyway, I guess Microsoft will implement this feature one day, maybe with the release of Live Messenger.
Anyway, I use MSN Messenger and am waiting for an invitation to join the Live Messenger Beta..
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I use MSN because that's what most of my friends use... and I have my
hotmail account like FOREVER... but have been playing recently with
gmail, so I might use gmail chat in the future.
Downloaded AOL IM the other day and don't really like the interface.. I
think MSN messenger is also getting complicated and I think IM's
interface should be kept simple with not too may distractions.
love trillian since i can combine everything in one!
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